Ted Cruz's April Fools' Day Prank Was Rickrolling America Because It's 2006

If Ted Cruz were running for president in 2006, this April Fools' Day prank might have given him an edge, but in 2016, it's just kind of annoying. On Friday, the Texas senator and Republican candidate sent out a tweet saying that his rival and current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump had accepted Cruz's challenge to "debate one-on-one." The tweet linked to a YouTube video on Cruz's website